Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Successis blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it ... Success is shy itwon't come out while you're watching.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

Skill inthe art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He can accomplishnothing unless he can communicate effectively.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.